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Matcha powder is actually from a nutrient perspective, much richer and healthier than normal green tea. Matcha is shade grown which makes it go into overdrive and produce more chlorophyll (the substance that gives the leaf it's green pigment).
Also with matcha you consume the whole tea leaf (in the form of the powder) so you get all the benefits, these include;
137 x more antioxidants plus catchetins, egcg and a whole bunch of other good stuff for burning calories, energy, mental acuity etc etc